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3 Driver features Introduction This chapter describes the features of the following drivers for supported operating systems for the HP LaserJet 4200 and 4300 series printers: • PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers for Windows 95, Windows 99, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 • PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP • PostScript driver • Structure and availability of the printing-system software CD-ROM PCL 5e/PCL 6 driver features for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 This section describes the options that are available on each tab of the PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver interfaces. Help system The HP LaserJet PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers include a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and configuration options. What's this? Help In Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, What's this? Help is supported. You can gain access to What's this? Help messages in any of the following ways: • Right-click a control and click What's this?, and a pop-up Help window appears. • Click the ? button at the upper-right corner of the frame, next to the X, to change the cursor to an arrow with a question mark. Use this special cursor to select a control, and the pop-up Help window for that feature appears. • Press the F1 key, and the Help window for the currently selected control appears. Context-sensitive Help Press the Help button on a driver tab or in a dialog box, and context-sensitive Help appears. Constraint messages Constraint messages are unsolicited messages that appear in response to specific actions you take. These messages alert you to selections that are illogical or impossible given the capabilities of the printer or the current settings of other controls. For example, if you click Print on Both Sides and then change the paper type to transparencies, a message appears asking you to resolve this conflict. A typical constraint message with an OK button Software Technical Reference Driver features 45

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Driver features
Introduction
This chapter describes the features of the following drivers for supported operating systems for the HP LaserJet 4200
and 4300 series printers:
PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers for Windows 95, Windows 99, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0
PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
PostScript driver
Structure and availability of the printing-system software CD-ROM
PCL 5e/PCL 6 driver features for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and
Windows NT 4.0
This section describes the options that are available on each tab of the PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver interfaces.
Help system
The HP LaserJet PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers include a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and
configuration options.
What's this? Help
In Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, What's this? Help is
supported. You can gain access to What's this? Help messages in any of the following ways:
Right-click a control and click
What's this?
, and a pop-up Help window appears.
Click the
?
button at the upper-right corner of the frame, next to the X, to change the cursor to an arrow with a
question mark. Use this special cursor to select a control, and the pop-up Help window for that feature appears.
Press the
F1
key, and the Help window for the currently selected control appears.
Context-sensitive Help
Press the
Help
button on a driver tab or in a dialog box, and context-sensitive Help appears.
Constraint messages
Constraint messages are unsolicited messages that appear in response to specific actions you take. These messages
alert you to selections that are illogical or impossible given the capabilities of the printer or the current settings of other
controls. For example, if you click
Print on Both Sides
and then change the paper type to transparencies, a message
appears asking you to resolve this conflict.
A typical constraint message with an OK button
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